Tag: Dharna

Bhawanipatna: Family of a detained youth, relatives and locals staged a dharna in front of Kegaon police station in Kalahandi district today, demanding his safe release, after an alleged suicide attempt by him on Tuesday. The youth, identified as Dhananjaya Bag, a resident of Mahaling had been detained by police for interrogation on Sunday, suspecting […]

Bhubaneswar: Parents and students of class XII CBSE Board from various schools in the city staged a dharna in front of the board office here today protesting discrepancies in declaration of results on Sunday. While some students complained of their results being kept withheld for no reason, others raised voice over faulty evaluation of answer […]

Cuttack/Jharsuguda: Residents of Ward-48 here staged a dharna in front of the office of the Public Health Department (PHD) executive engineer today protesting water crisis. Shouting slogans the protesters demanded immediate supply of drinking water in their locality. In a similar incident, the residents of Ward-2 and 11 of Belpahar block in Jharsuguda district staged […]

Bhubaneswar: Protesting government’s move to engage retired teachers through guest teacher’s scheme and lack of permanent appointments to fill vacant posts, unemployed BEd and Certificate in Teaching (CT) passouts today staged dharna in front of the State Assembly and gave a seven-day ultimatum to the government to issue notification for appointing them against the vacant […]

Bhubaneswar: Expressing resentment over the restructuring of Biju Yuva Janata Dal (BYJD), some party workers staged dharna in front of the BJD headquarters here late last night. They alleged the decision to restructure the frontal wing of the party has been taken by some leaders without the knowledge of BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik. “Some in […]

Jajpur: The 18-day agitation of lawyers at Jajpur Road in the district was withdrawn today after receiving a written assurance from Law Minister Arun Kumar Sahoo. The advocates began the agitation on April 2 demanding establishment of Additional District Judge (ADJ) Court and Tehsil Office at Jajpur. It may be mentioned here that various women […]

Bargarh: Tension over the death of an employee of Bargarh Cooperative Sugar Mills Ltd on its campus Sunday night during work continued for long. The other employees sat on dharna demanding compensation to the family of the deceased and security to the employees working in the organisation. The deceased was identified as Ramlal Gupta, a […]

Balasore: Evaluation of matriculation examination papers has stalled midway at Satyananda High School in Soro here due to the discontentment of the teachers. The teachers are staging a dharna in front of the school with their six-point charter of demands including hike in allowance for checking the papers. They have decided not to check the […]

Bhubaneswar: Protesting against the renewal notice of liquor license, the Milita Odisha Nisha Nibarana Abhijan staged an indefinite dharna in front of the residence of Excise Minister Damodar Rout today demanding cancellation of the same. They alleged that the liquor license renewal notice for the year 2017-18 has been published in English language and only […]

Balasore: A group of people, believed to be opponents of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), pelted stones at the vehicle of senior BJP leader Pratap Sarangi at Nilagiri block under Berhampore police station in the district on Thursday night. The incident apparently took place when Sarangi was on his way to home after attending a party […]

Jharsuguda: A 10-member delegation of lawyers of Jharsuguda District Bar Association left for New Delhi by train this morning to take part in a one-day token strike at Jantar Mantar organised by the Central Action Committee (CAC) for fulfilment of its demand for setting up of a High Court bench in Western Odisha. The delegation, […]

Kendrapara: In an inhuman act, police on Saturday night allegedly thrashed the family members of Niranjan Singh, who succumbed to burn injuries after self-immolation bid, while staging a protest in front of the district Collector’s office. According to sources, police has also dispersed them from the spot and forcibly sent Nayak’s body to his residence. […]

Bhubaneswar: Alleging deteriorating health service in State, the Congress will stage peaceful dharna in front of all Primary and Community health centres across the State today. The party had decided to hold peaceful protest in its executive body meeting held on September 9. The protest meeting will not affect the ambulance service and health care […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as the Odisha Assembly has failed to transact any business for the last 10 days due to the deadlock over Opposition’s demand for chit fund commission head MM Das’ ouster and CM’s resignation, an unsavory scene was seen today in the Assembly building when security personnel forcibly lifted the SC/ST MLAs of Congress […]

Sambalpur : Parents of a newborn, who was allegedly stolen from a government hospital here last month, today staged a sit-in in front of the Chief District Medical Officer’s office demanding steps to get their baby back. I want my son who was stolen from the hospital. I am not going to leave this place […]